Maheep Kapoor is an Indian jewelry designer, entrepreneur, and wife of Bollywood actor and producer Sanjay Kapoor. In 2020, she came into limelight with her digital debut ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives,’ a Netflix reality series.
Wiki/Biography
Maheep Kapoor was born as Maheep Sandhu on Thursday, April 29, 1982 (age 40 years; in 2022) in Delhi, India. According to various sources, he has lied about his age. In one of the debates among netizens, someone commented,
The internet shows she was born in 1982 and married in 1997. Sanjay Kapoor was born in 1965 so he was 32 and she was 15 when they got married?”
Later, he moved to Perth in Australia with his family. In 1998, she married Sanjay Kapoor, an Indian film actor and producer. After that, he moved to Mumbai where he pursued a course in jewelery design from the Mumbai Diamond Institute.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 4″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Address
Maheep Kapoor lives in Bungalow 18/Arjun Magnum, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Family & Caste
Maheep Kapoor belongs to a Sikh Jatt family.
Parents & Siblings
Maheep Kapoor’s father’s name is Tej Singh Sandhu, and his mother’s name is Namita Sandhu. His brother’s name is Hartej Singh Sandhu.
Maheep Kapoor’s parents
Maheep Kapoor with his brother
Relationships, Husband & Children
On Wednesday, December 9, 1998, Maheep Sandhu was married to Sanjay Kapoor, an Indian film actor and producer. Her daughter, Shanaya Kapoor, is an actress, and her son’s name is Jahaan Kapoor.
Maheep Kapoor with Sanjay Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor and Jahaan Kapoor
Career
In 1994, Maheep appeared in the 90s music video of the song Nigori Kaisi Jawani Hai by Ila Arun, an Indian folk pop singer.
After that, she was going to make her Bollywood debut with a film titled Shivam, opposite Raaj Kumar’s son Panini Raajkumar, but later, the project was cancelled. Later, he ventured into the jewelry business as a designer. In an interview, while talking about her start in the jewelery business, she said,
I’ve always been into jewelry…It all started with designing a few pieces for myself that my friends and family really admired. It then began to turn into an order for the design and soon without realizing it; it became a full career.
After that, she started working as a jewelery designer for the famous jeweler Satyani Fine Jewels, Mumbai. Her exclusive collection, ‘Chandbalis for Satyani Fine Jewels,’ became one of the best-selling pieces of jewelery at Satyani Fine Jewels. The stunning pair of chandelier earrings are worn by various Bollywood celebrities like Malaika Arora, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, etc. In an interview, while talking about his ‘Chandbalis’ collection, he said,
I took inspiration from Mughal jewelery and created chandbalis using different gold embossing techniques, textured gold, enamel etc. It is made by hand and each chandbali is a unique piece”
Chandbalis by Maheep Kapoor
In 2006, she designed jewelery for the Bollywood film ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.’ In 2007, she designed jewelery for the Indian Blockbuster film ‘Om Shaanti Om,’ which received much acclaim. In the same year, she became the director of Sanjay Kapoor Entertainment Private Limited, a production house co-founded by Maheep Kapoor with her husband Sanjay Kapoor. In 2013, she founded Bandra 190, a luxury retail boutique, with her co-founders, Sussanne Khan and Seema Khan. In 2014, she ventured into business with VIVA-LUXE, a luxury online retailer for Asian designer clothing, where she held the position of fashion director of the company. In 2020, Maheep Kapoor made his digital debut with the Netflix reality series ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ where he shared the screen with real-life friends Neelam Kothari Soni, Seema Khan and Bhavna Pandey. The series depicts the lives of four wives of Bollywood celebrities.
Style Competence
Car Collection
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class
- BMW 5 Series Sedan
Facts/Trivia
- In 1998, during her wedding to Sanjay Kapoor, she wore her grandmother’s Mughal-era inspired jewellery. In an interview, he said,
…I am also inspired by the Mughal era in jewelery history. Even at my wedding, I wore my grandmother’s jewelry and things that are rarely made today.”
Maheep Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor’s wedding pictures
- In an interview, while sharing his outstanding achievements, he said,
I have spent many years in the industry now and have had the opportunity to design for celebrities like Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty. I have also served Bollywood divas like Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, among others. I have had the opportunity to design jewelery for many celebrity guests at Koffee with Karan.”
- His favorite color is yellow.
- Maheep loves wearing heels, and Christian Louboutins are his favorite designer shoes. In an interview, expressing her love of heels, she said,
I’ve been wearing heels until my feet are a mess. I also had to operate on my toe which looked like it had been scooped corn. However, I still wear heels.”
- According to the series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives (2020), Maheep Kapoor is a regular neighborhood stalker in his spare time. He is also called the bully of the group by his friends in the series. In 2022, in the same show, she revealed that her husband, Sanjay Kapoor, cheated on her during the early days of their marriage. He said,
Initially, in my marriage, there was indiscretion that Sanjay had or whatever. I walked out with Shanaya. I stood up for myself but then, I had a newborn. Again, as a woman and as a mother, the first priority is my child. I owe my daughter this amazing father that he is. I owe it to myself. And if I look back and if I break this shit, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. Because when my children come into my house, my husband comes into my house, this is their refuge. They need to feel peace. And I think Sanjay gave it to me too.”
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
